UNIST at a Glance

Vision

World Leading University to Advance Science and Technology for the Prosperity of Humankind

Cultivating creative global leaders who will usher in new scientific paradigms through convergence in science and technology

Goal

To be ranked within the Top 10 science and technology universities by 2030

Strategies

• Creativity

  IT-based student-centered discussion classes (flipped learning)

• Interdisciplinary
  Education

  All students are required to complete two or more areas of concentration. All professors are appointed to undertake two or more schools.

• Globalization

  To promote globalization as well as our research and education, 100 percent of our academic courses are conducted in English. We also hope to increase the number of international students and professors by 20 percent by 2030.

• Research
  Intensive

  Thrust areas of current research: next-generation energy and advanced materials (bio-materials, energy materials, composite materials, carbon materials)

UNIST Footprint

1. 2007.9

   Establishment

2. 2009.3

   Opening

3. 2015.9

   UNIST,
   as a government funding research institute

About UI

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  Leadership

  The “Leading Star” represents a shining forerunner in science and technology that serves mankind and pioneers the future.

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  Reliability

  The quadrate emblem frame is a representation of our aim to become a world-class university and the most trusted educational institute.

Academics

• Undergraduate (3 College / 15 School / 2 Department)

  • College(College of Engineering)
    – Department of Mechanical Engineering
    – Department of Urban and Environmental Engineering
    – Department of Materials Science and Engineering
    – School of Energy and Chemical Engineering
    – Department of Nuclear Engineering
  • College(College of Information-Bio Convergence Engineering)
    – Department of Design
    – Department of Biomedical Engineering
    – Department of Industrial Engineering
    – Department of Biological Sciences
    – Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence
  • College(College of Natural Sciences)
    – Department of Physics
    – Department of Mathematical Sciences
    – Department of Chemistry
  • School of Departmnet
    – School of Liberal Arts
    – School of Business Administration

• UNIST Multidisciplinary Institute

  • Division of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering
  • Division of Urban and Environment Engineering
  • Division of Design and Human Engineering
  • Division of Materials Science and Engineering
  • Division of Energy and Chemical Engineering
  • Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Division of Life Science
  • Division of Natural Science
  • Division of Business Administration

Graduate

• Professional Graduate Schools

  • Graduate School of Creative Design Engineering
  • Graduate School of Technology&Innovation Management
    (Technology&Innovation Managament)

• Specialized Graduate Schools

  • Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Management(Energy Commodity Trading & Financial Engineering / Business Analytics / Entrepreneurship & Innovation )

Faculty

• Total Number: 449
• Average Age of Professors: 44.2
• Number of Foreign Professors: 10.6%

Students

• – Undergraduate : 2,879
• – Graduate : 1,850

Scholarships

Intellectual Properties

Research Grants per Faculty

Research grants: million won

Faculty Publications

Academic Research Performance

• World’s Top 3 Universities in the Field of Secondary Battery (Along with MIT and Stanford)
• Nature Index (NI): Ranked No. 4 nationally (As of June 2018)
• Global Ph. D Fellowship (GPF): Ranked No. 1 nationally (No. of Graduate students ratio, as of 2014)
• Hosted three Institute for Basic Science (IBS) research centers (300 billion KRW for the next 10 years)
  • Center for Soft and Living Matter (Director: Steve Granick)
  • Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (Director: Rodney S. Ruoff)
  • Center for Genomic Integrity (Director: Kyung Jae Myung)

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